Ben Weinblatt

Ben Weinblatt is a Houston-based private equity investor and a founding Partner of Del Monte Capital, a lower-middle-market private equity firm launched in 2023. At Del Monte he "leads financial diligence, modeling, and banking," per the firm's team page. He co-founded the firm alongside Managing Partners David Hartland and Ross Canion; all three were previously investment professionals at Tulcan, the Houston family operating investment partnership from which they spun out.

Before Del Monte, Weinblatt was a Vice President at Tulcan, a Houston-based investment partnership that acquires and builds middle-market family-owned industrial businesses (manufacturing, construction & infrastructure, energy, and galvanizing/industrial operations; portfolio companies include Aaron Concrete Contractors, Dyson Corp., Shannon Galvanizing, and Equisales Associates). His email and the phone number in the original record trace back to Tulcan's offices at the River Oaks Bank Tower, 2001 Kirby Drive, Houston.

Earlier in his career, Weinblatt was an Associate at OFS Energy Fund, a private equity fund focused on the oilfield services sector, where he handled investment analysis and portfolio monitoring. He began in investment banking as an Investment Banking Analyst at Greenhill & Co. (M&A and financial advisory) and as a Financial Analyst at Houlihan Lokey (valuation, financial modeling, and due diligence). This progression — bulge-bracket-adjacent advisory into energy/industrial PE — underpins his current focus on industrial and infrastructure-services buyouts.

• Stage/type: Control-oriented private equity — growth investments, recapitalizations, management buyouts, and family/founder business successions. This is a *buyout* mandate, not angel/seed investing.
• Company size: Lower-middle-market operating companies, roughly $10–$100M revenue and $3–$15M EBITDA (thresholds reported at Del Monte's formation).
• Sectors: Infrastructure; life safety & security; industrial and industrial services; specialty construction; building products; value-added distribution; business services; and niche manufacturing.
• What makes them say yes: In Weinblatt's own words on the Integrity Elevator Solutions deal, "This investment aligns perfectly with our strategy of partnering with exceptional founders and management teams to drive growth." The firm emphasizes proven track records, durable end-market demand, and a runway for organic + acquisition-led (buy-and-build) expansion.
• Playbook: Buy a strong founder-led platform, retain existing management (e.g., IES founder Brent Stark stayed on as President), and scale through add-on acquisitions.